Best Friends for Never by Lisi Harrison (The Clique, No. 2)

In the second book starring Westchester County's most privileged middle schoolers, the Clique declares Massie a hero for hosting the first boy/girl Halloween party of 8th grade. Massie's already hired Landon Dorsey, the hottest party planner in the 9-1-4 area code, but her parents insist she has to invite the entire class. Unfortunately that means everyone. Layne is bummed that the boys will be there -- she IMs Claire that's so "DESPR8" -- as Claire wonders if maybe a boyfriend will make her happy.Meanwhile, Massie and the Clique are fighting over who gets to invite Derek Herrington. Dylan thought it was obvious that she was the one who danced all night with Derek at the OCD benefit last month, but says "Whatevs" when Kristen gets all weird about it. Fine, she can have him. He was a terrible dancer anyway and there will be tons of guys to choose from at the party....

Author Lisi Harrison was born in Toronto, Canada on July 29, 1970. She majored in film at McGill University in Montreal for two years before transferring to Emerson College in Boston, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in creative writing. After graduation, she moved to New York City to work for MTV and stayed there for 12 years. She started out in a casting job on a game show called Lip Service and worked her way up to Head Writer and then Senior Director of Development. She created and developed new shows like One Bad Trip and Room Raiders for the network while Senior Director of Development. She wrote the first two books of the Clique Series while still working at MTV. She became a full-time author in June 2004.